English Dictionary

Mack truck

名詞

比喩的用法

A motor vehicle produced by Mack Trucks, especially a semi-trailer. / A semi-trailer of any brand. / (figuratively) Any unstoppable or enormous thing coming through.

日本語の意味

マック社が製造する自動車、特にセミトレーラー型の大型トラック。 / ブランドに関係なく、セミトレーラー車全般を指す。 / 比喩的に、止められないほど巨大で力強い物事を表す。

The Mack truck rolled past the diner, its chrome grille flashing in the noon sun.

マック社製の大型トレーラーが食堂の前を通り過ぎ、正午の太陽にメッキのグリルがきらめいた。

意味（1）

A motor vehicle produced by Mack Trucks, especially a semi-trailer.

their hearts were too small to pump blood to their huge bodies. It was like trying to run a Mack truck on a Volkswagen engine, and their hearts gave out.

意味（2）

A semi-trailer of any brand.

Abuses committed by overly aggressive states have resulted in federal rules and paperwork motivated by the fear that without rules and record-keeping requirements, states would show up at the Treasury with a Mack truck to take away all the cash they could.

意味（3）

(figuratively) Any unstoppable or enormous thing coming through.

Mary swept through the board meeting like a Mack truck.

Mack trucks （ plural ）